Jazz Age Beauties: The Lost Collection of Ziegfeld Photographer Alfred Cheney Johnston
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| Rating | : | 4.49 (725 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0789313812 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 272 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-07-07 |
| Language | : | English |
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When rare and striking portraits of these women surfaced on the internet in 1995, author Robert Hudovernik began researching their source. Johnston, a member of New York's famous Algonquin Round Table who photographed such celebrities as Mary Pickford, Fanny Brice, the Gish Sisters, and Louise Brooks, fell out of the spotlight with the demise of the revue. Compiled here for the first time are more than 200 publicity stills and photos of some of America's first "It" girls—the silent film-era starlets who paved the way for the cacophony of Monroes and Madonnas to follow. While some took their vote and joined the Woman
. Robert Hudovernik is a freelance writer, photographer and scriptwriter. He wrote and produced a documentary funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities entitled Circus Echoes on the golden age of circus entertainment during the Art Deco era
Phenomenal, just needs to be in a larger format Nachtjager This is a spectacular book in every respect but one - it's size. The photos are fantastic, the layout is fantastic, the quality of its production is top drawer, everything about it is classy and well refined, but it's a downright unusual size for a book of this type, and that's why I only give it four stars.This needed to be in a large format to fully appreciate the photos and the beautiful layout work, but instead, it's sized about the same as most hardback novels, and when you place four photos on a page of that size, the. "Roaring 20's lovers will love this!" according to Elaine M. Coughlin. This is a fantastic book of pictures, great to have it, as a lover of the Roarin' Twenties, etc. I guess everything old is new again - my generation thought we were so cool going braless in the 60's and 70's, but the flappers were doing it long before us!! These pictures have wonderful depth to them, and turned me onto a whole new genre of photography.. Ziegfeld Follies T. Sager-Pease This book was amazing! I enjoyed looking at all the wonderful and beautiful pictures. Mr. Johnson had a real talent in bringing out true mystery and beauty in these women. At the time these were considered "racy" if only those critics could see what pictures are like today! I wish we had more photographers like this now, a little mystery is always better than the whole package in my opinion. The eyes are drawn to the lighting, the props and back drops, jewelry dangling, the scarfs seductively placed just right. A true work
“This sumptuous book features more than 200 publicity stills and photos of America’s original “It” girls, as well as the “secret’ nudes discovered on photographer Alfred Cheney Johnston’s estate after his death.” The Globe and Mail